[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jolly \jol"ly\ jo^l"ly^, a. compar. jollier
   -li^~er; superl. jolliest. of. joli, jolif,
   joyful, merry, f. joli pretty; of scand. origin, akin to e.
   yule; cf. icel. j=ol yule, christmas feast. see yule.
   1913 webster
   1. full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
      1913 webster

            like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --shak.
      1913 webster

            "a jolly place," said he, "in times of old
            but something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
      gayety.
      1913 webster

            and with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                  --prior.
      1913 webster

            their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                  --fairfax.
      1913 webster

   3. of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
      agreeable; pleasant. "a jolly cool wind." --sir t. north.
      now mostly colloq.
      1913 webster

            full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --w.
                                                  irving.
      1913 webster
see also:
jollier jolliest yule 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jolly \jol"ly\ jo^l"ly^, v. t.
   to cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to
   feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or
   bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. colloq.

         we want you to jolly them up a bit.      --brander
                                                  matthews.

         at noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and
         gently "jollied" the doctor's topography. --f.
                                                  remington.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jolly \jol"ly\ jo^l"ly^, n.; pl. jollies
   jo^l"li^z. prob. fr. jolly, a.
   a marine in the english navy. sailor's slang

         i'm a jolly -- 'er majesty's jolly -- soldier an'
         sailor too                              --kipling.
   webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
jollies jolly 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jolly
     adj : full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
           were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
           such a jocund company"- wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
           the reunion"; "jolly old saint nick"; "a jovial old
           gentleman"; "have a merry christmas"; "peals of merry
           laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" syn: gay, jocund, jovial,
            merry, mirthful
     n 1: a happy party
     2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work syn: jolly
        boat
     adv : used as an intensifier `jolly' is used informally in
           britain; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of
           him" syn: pretty
     v : be silly or tease one another; "after we relaxed, we just
         kidded around" syn: kid, chaff, josh, banter
     also: jollied, jolliest, jollier
see also:
gay jocund jovial merry mirthful jolly boat 
pretty kid chaff josh banter 
jollied jolliest jollier 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

157 moby thesaurus words for "jolly":
   naval reservist, royal marine, seabee, addled, animated, appease,
   banter, beery, bemused, besotted, blandish, blarney, blind drunk,
   blithe, blithesome, bluejacket, boon, boot, butter, butter up,
   buxom, cadet, cajole, carouse, celebrate, chaff, cheerful, cheery,
   coltish, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, cut loose, debauch,
   deceive, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, exuberant, far-gone,
   festal, festive, flustered, fool, fou, free and easy, frisky,
   frivolous, frogman, frolicsome, full, fun, gala, gay, get around,
   giddy, gladsome, gleeful, glorious, gob, hail-fellow-well-met,
   happy, haze, hearty, hell around, high-spirited, hilarious, hoax,
   honey, horse marine, humor, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated,
   inebrious, intoxicated, jape, jest, jive, jocose, jocular, jocund,
   joke, jollify, josh, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, kid,
   kid along, lark, laughter-loving, lay it on, let go, let loose,
   let off steam, lighthearted, make merry, make whoopee, marine,
   maudlin, mellow, merry, merrymaking, midshipman, midshipmite,
   mirth-loving, mirthful, mischievous, muddled, nappy, naval cadet,
   navy man, needle, oil, on the loose, overdo it, play up to,
   playful, put on, rag, raise hell, rally, razz, reeling, rejoicing,
   revel, rib, ride, risible, roast, roguish, roister, see life,
   shikker, skylark, soap, sodden, soft-soap, soften up, sotted,
   sportive, spree, step out, string along, stroke, swabbie, tease,
   tiddly, tipsy, twit, under the influence, waggish, wanton,
   whoop it up

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

jolly, tx city, fips 37924
  location: 33.87681 n, 98.34592 w
  population 1990: 201 67 housing units
  area: 2.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

jolly, tx -- u.s. city in texas
   population 2000:    188
   housing units 2000: 73
   land area 2000:     0.985659 sq. miles 2.552844 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.985659 sq. miles 2.552844 sq. km
   fips code:            37924
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             33.874304 n, 98.348556 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    jolly, tx
    jolly

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